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Solar Orbiter exploring the Sun’s realm

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Title Solar Orbiter exploring the Sun’s realm

Released 27/04/2012 9:32 am

Copyright ESA/AOES

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ESA’s next generation Sun explorer, Solar Orbiter will be launched in 2017. It will investigate the connections and the coupling between the Sun and the heliosphere, a huge bubble in space created by the solar wind. The solar wind can cause auroras and disrupt satellite-based communication.